2024-03-28 02:23:40
The US Congress passed a law that provides funding for the federal state until September, thus avoiding partial paralysis that threatened the administration.
After the expiration of the maximum deadline set at midnight on Friday to approve funding for the administration that would allow its bodies to continue their work, the Senate voted in the early morning hours on a funding law worth $1,200 billion after it was approved by the House of Representatives.
After hours of intense negotiations with Republicans, Senate Democratic Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced from the Senate headquarters, “It was not easy, but our perseverance tonight paid off.”
He added before final approval of the text, “It is good for the American people that we have reached a bipartisan agreement to accomplish the mission.”
The slight delay will not have an impact on the US ministries, which would have been deprived of funding if an agreement had not been reached.
Schumer announced earlier that Democrats and Republicans had reached an agreement to hold a vote within hours to complete the 2024 federal budget and avoid a government shutdown.
On Friday, the US House of Representatives approved the federal state budget for 2024, which sparked the anger of conservatives, who in response threaten to dismiss House Speaker Mike Johnson.
Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, who is close to Donald Trump, announced that she had submitted a memorandum to dismiss this Republican leader and accused him of “treason.”
It is very common for last-minute agreements to be reached in Congress, especially on issues related to the budget, but many federal employees have been informed of the risk of this paralysis, and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said, “Let us close the work today.”
The list of possible consequences of state paralysis goes on: failure to pay the salaries of soldiers, security personnel, and transportation employees, the suspension of administrations, and the freezing of some aid. Most Americans do not support this situation, and most of its effects will be felt at the beginning of the week.
Conservatives strongly condemned the agreement concluded between the White House and Congressional officials, and it was put to a vote.
A representative close to Trump, Marjorie Taylor Greene, said, a few minutes before she submitted a memorandum to dismiss Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson, despite being a member of her party, that it was “a horrific attack on the American people.”
Last updated: March 23, 2024 – 11:49
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2024-03-28 02:23:40